Pole-tip and holdback.



s. D. ROGERS. PGLE nr' AND HOLDBACK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26. I915.

Patented Dec. 26. 1916.

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PatentedDec; 26, 1916 Application filed November 26, 1915. Serial No. 63,503.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, SnYMoUR D. Rooms, a citizen of the United States, residing at thin, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented new and useful improvements in Pole-Tips and Holdbacks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pole-tips and hold-backs for vehicles and especially for heavy vehicles such as lumber wagons.

The inventionhas for its object to produce a pole-tip having a hold-back of simple and improved construction whereby the accidental disengagement of the neck yoke ring will be rendered practically impossible. A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and effective hold-back attachment for pole-tips, the same including a spring actuated tongue that will serve to retain the neck yoke ring in position.

h further object of the invention is to producea simple andeii'ective hold-back device having spring actuated safety tongue, the same being capable of being readily ap plied to the tip of a vehicle pole.

With these and other ends in view which i will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim. in the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that milimitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim may be restorted to when desired.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of a pole-tip equipped with the improved hold-back attachment Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the hold-back attachment removed from the pole-tip. Fig.3 is a perspective view showing the pole-tip prepared for the application of the improved hold-back attachment.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The pole-tip is provided near the outer end or extremity thereof and in its underside with a longitudinal recess 16 and with a transverse recess 17 communicating therewith. I

The hold-back attachment is formedof a strap of ironvor steel, the same being bent to form ayoke having limbs 18, 19 adapted to abut, respectively, on thetop andbottom faces of the pole-tip, thebridge portion 20 of the yoke lying a short distance in advance of the forward extremity of thepolethe transverse recess 17 of the pole-tip, said eyes receiving a bolt 2% on which a tongue 20 1s pivoted, said tongue being normally actuated in a downward direction, partly by gravity and partly by the action of a spring 26 positioned within the recess 16. I

The under face of the tongue 25 is beveled or inclined in a rearward direction, and the rearward wall of said tongue has a concave portion forming a recess 27 facing the hook 21 with respect to which the tongue constitutes a snap or safety guard.

The hold-back attachment may be se curely mounted on the pole-tip by means of a vertically disposed bolt indicated at 30, and when the parts are assembled the eyes 23 form closures for the ends of the transverse recess 17 aifording a neat and smooth nish and a durable construction.

Itwill be readily understood that when the ring 28 of a neck yoke, indicated at 29,

' is slipped over the tip of the pole, it will displace the spring actuated tongue 25 in an upward direction until it reaches the hook 21, when the tongue 25 will be instantly and automatically restored to an obstructing position, causing the neck yoke to be retained without danger or possibility of displacement or of being accidentally detached. Upward pressure on the tongue 25 against the tension of the spring 26 is all that is needed to move the said tongue to a non obstructing position, permitting the neck yoke to be detached from the tongue when desired. 7

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

The combination with a pole-tip having near its forward end a longitudinal recess in the under face thereof and atransverse recess at the front end of and communicating With and intersecting said longitudinal recess, in combination with a hold-back attachment comprising a yoke having upper and lower limbs abutting on the top and bottom faces .ofthe pole-tip, said lower limb: having intermediate the ends thereof a forwardly extending hook, a slot extending forwardly with respect to said hook, and eyes on the upper face of the limb at the forward end of said slot,- a bolt engaging said eyes, and a safety catch pivoted on said bolt and cooperating With said hook, said catch adapted to be retracted Within the longitudinal recess of the pole-tip and the eyes on the upper face of the lower limb forming closures for the ends of the transverse recess in the pole-tip; and an actuating spring for the safety catch positioned Within said recess.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

SEYMOUR D. ROGERS.

Witneses:

GILES A. HoLLENBEoK, HENRIETTA ELIZABETH ROGERS.

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